Monday, May 14, 2012

NIH Exploratory/Developmental Clinical Research Grants in Obesity (R21)

This opportunity encourages research grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to conduct exploratory/developmental clinical studies that will accelerate the development of effective interventions for prevention or treatment of overweight or obesity in adults and/or children. Exploratory epidemiological research with a goal of informing translational/clinical research will also be supported within this program.


The project period is up to 2 years and the budget is $275,000.  There will be regular deadlines until 8 May 2015.  The next deadlines are 16 June 2012 and 16 October 2012


For more information please see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-179.html

NIH Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01, R21, or R03))

This opportunity invites applications proposing to study HIV infection, HIV-associated conditions, HIV treatment, and/or biobehavioral or social factors associated with HIV/AIDS in the context of aging and/or in older adults. Research approaches of interest include clinical translational, observational, and intervention studies in domestic and international settings.  


There are three mechanisms through which you can apply for this grant:
R01: up to 5 years support, budget unlimited (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-175.html)
R21: up to 2 years, $275,000 budget (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-174.html)
R03: up to 2 years, $100,000 budget (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-176.html)


There will be regular deadlines for this grant until April 2015.  The next deadline is 7 August 2012.

NIH Basic Research on HIV Persistence (R01 or R21)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to increase our understanding of persistent HIV-1 infection in patients under highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). Support would be through soliciting applications for hypothesis-driven basic research in HIV/AIDS that is focused on directly achieving this aim. The emphasis of this initiative is on the development of new ideas and approaches in HIV-1 persistence including model and assay development that may directly inform future studies on the design of therapeutic strategies to achieve long term remission without treatment or a complete eradication of residual virus and complete cure for HIV infection and AIDS.

There are two mechanisms to available to apply for this grant:
R01 (budget not limited, project period up to 5 years; see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-161.html)
R21 (budget $275,000, project period of 2 years; see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-162.html)

This opportunity will have regular deadlines until January 2015.  The next deadline is 7 September 2012.